http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2008-11-21T03:57:03Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Belgium%20Hotels http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/5/15/16253/6385 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/dehaanhotel.png" class="imgborder"><p> Ralph Waldo Emerson once wrote, <i>"Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail."</i> Well said, no? And this is exactly what our friends will be doing next month. <p>Instead of traveling the well-touristed paths in Brussels and Bruge, they're heading to Belgium's North Sea coastline, to the village of <b>De Haan.</b> Never heard of it? Neither had we, but get this. This is where Albert Einstein and Marvin Gaye went to escape the madness. <p>It obviously has just the right equation to get it on (sorry, couldn't let it pass without a plug for Marv and Al, rest their souls). <p> Anyway, our friends will be mytwocents 2008-05-16T09:14:40-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/12/23/1411/8761 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/rbc_bruges.jpg" class="imgborder"><p><i>Guess what <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/monica%20guy">Monica Guy</a> was doing yesterday on Boxing Day? Yup. Fantasizing about hotels....</i><p>It's Boxing Day and you're wishing you'd gone away for Christmas. The turkey-smeared plates are piled up in the sink and you are feeling the after-effects of Aunty Jean's home-made concrete mince pies and knock-out Christmas pud. (Or is it just the English who inflict these Christmas "treats" upon each other?)<p> Either way, you've vowed you won't be messing around with Christmas at home again - you're on the internet checking out Christmas hotels for next year. <p> Bruges, Belgium is possibly the sweetest Christmas city in Europe. Okay, so it's cold...but you might get snow and at least it's small and cosy enough femmefatale 2007-12-26T10:08:42-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/3/27/105547/503 <![CDATA[<p><b>[Ed. Note: Welcome to our Good Rate/Bad Rate feature where we look at hotel prices in the same city and decide which one most deserves your hard-earned benjamins. Rates quotes here were valid for the dates of April 7 to 9, 2007 and are subject to change. Enjoy.]</b><p><p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3930/venere_bruges.jpg" class="imgborder"/><p>When booking a hotel overseas, often you'll find a better selection with a company in that region. Other times, you might as well stay with the home team. <a href="http://www.venere.com/">Venere.com</a> is based in Europe, but they've been coming up short over and over for us lately. They had zero rooms available anywhere in Dublin on St. Patrick's Day and the screen shot above is for Brugge, Belgium the nights of April Tim L. 2007-03-27T11:36:50-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/3/27/104548/450 <![CDATA[<p><b>[Ed. Note: Welcome to our Good Rate/Bad Rate feature where we look at hotel prices in the same city and decide which one most deserves your hard-earned benjamins. Rates quotes here were valid for April 7 to 9, 2007 and are subject to change. Enjoy.]</b><p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3930/belgium_chocolate.jpg" class="imgborder"/><p> <p>We couldn't resist anything that lets us say "choco-laté" over and over, so this week we're checking out rates in Bruges (or Brugge), Belgium for the <a href="http://www.choco-late.be/">Choco-Laté Festival</a> running April 6 to 10. Do your dieting before you head in this direction, then dive in for a few days of indulgence, sleeping it off at the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/IBIS+BRUGGE+CENTRUM/ian/125963"><b>Ibis Brugge Centrum</b></a>. <p>The hotel pickings are slim already for the weekend nights of April Tim L. 2007-03-27T11:31:32-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/